
Award-Winning BigCommerce Catalyst Development
From vision to reality with the recognized Catalyst experts. We possess the proven, award-winning expertise to transform the potential of BigCommerce's Catalyst framework into your tangible competitive advantage. We don't just implement Catalyst; we architect Enterprise-grade solutions that are fast, scalable, and fully customized to your business needs.
What is BigCommerce Catalyst?
BigCommerce Catalyst is the official, open-source starting point for building high-performance headless storefronts on the BigCommerce platform. Think of it not as a traditional theme, but as an Enterprise-grade blueprint for creating a superior shopping experience.
It combines a modern, powerful tech stack, including Next.js, React, and GraphQL, to provide the essential foundation for a composable ecommerce site. The purpose of Catalyst is to give developers a massive head start in building storefronts that deliver:
- Unmatched Speed: Engineered from the ground up for elite performance, top-tier Core Web Vitals, and near-perfect Lighthouse scores.
- Total Creative Freedom: It breaks the limitations of traditional templates, allowing for the creation of unique, brand-driven user experiences and complex functionality.
- Future-Proof Scalability: Built to handle high-traffic events, complex product catalogs, and seamless integrations with any third-party system.
Catalyst provides the foundation, and our expertise is in building your unique, production-ready Enterprise solution on top of it.
Bridging the Gap
From 'One-Click' to Enterprise Production
BigCommerce has made the entry point to headless commerce more accessible than ever, providing a "one-click" start to deploy a Catalyst storefront. This is a brilliant strategy for introducing the power of composable commerce. However, a true Enterprise solution requires moving far beyond this initial step.
A production-ready, high-performance Catalyst storefront requires expert development to handle custom React components, third-party system integrations, strategic API usage, and an optimized hosting strategy on a platform like Vercel. This is the "simplicity-complexity" gap where our value is most critical. We are the expert guides who navigate this complexity to deliver a polished, scalable, and reliable final product.
Our Catalyst Development Services
- Custom Catalyst Storefront Architecture & Development: We design and build bespoke Catalyst storefronts from the ground up, tailored to your unique brand and functional requirements.
- Performance Optimization: Our development process focuses on optimizing every aspect of your Catalyst build to deliver exceptional Core Web Vitals and the highest possible Google Lighthouse scores, creating a lightning-fast user experience.
- Custom React Component Creation for Makeswift: Our developers create the specific, on-brand components your marketing team needs to build and edit pages within the Makeswift visual builder.
- GraphQL Storefront API Integration: We leverage BigCommerce's GraphQL API for efficient data fetching and can extend its capabilities to integrate with your other business systems.
- Strategic Migration to Catalyst: We plan and execute seamless migrations from legacy platforms or BigCommerce's Stencil theme framework to a modern Catalyst architecture.
- Vercel Hosting & Deployment Strategy: We are experts in deploying and managing Catalyst storefronts on Vercel, the preferred hosting platform for Next.js applications, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
- Third-Party API & Microservice Integration: We integrate your Catalyst storefront with any third-party service, including headless CMS, search providers, personalization engines, and custom microservices.
The Award-Winning DESTACO Project
Our 2024 BigCommerce Catalyst Delivery Award was earned through our work with DESTACO, a global leader in high-performance automation and workholding solutions. The project required a sophisticated solution to handle a complex product catalog and unique B2B user requirements. We architected a custom Catalyst storefront that delivered a vastly improved user experience and streamlined their digital operations, showcasing the power of the framework when executed by an expert team.

Frontend & UI
- Next.js – modern React framework for SSR/SSG
- React – component-driven UI library
- Typescript – strongly typed JavaScript for scalable apps
- Tailwind – utility-first responsive styling
Backend & APIs
- Node.js – scalable JavaScript runtime
- GraphQL / Apollo – API query language & client
- RESTful APIs – standard integration layer
Hosting & Deployment
- Vercel – Next.js -native hosting and deployment
- GraphQL / Netlify – serverless functions & JAMstack deployments
- AWS (Lambda, S3, CloudFront) – scalable cloud infrastructure
Data & Search
- Algolia – instant search & discovery
- Elasticsearch / OpenSearch – enterprise search & analytics
- PostgreSQL / MySQL – relational databases
- Redis – caching & session management – relational databases
Commerce & Headless Platforms
- BigCommerce (Commerce.com) – enterprise composable commerce
- Contentstack / Payload / Sanity – headless CMS platforms
- Bloomreach – personalization & engagement
DevOps & Tooling
- Docker – containerization
- GitHub / Bitbucket – version control & CI/CD
- Jira / Confluence – agile project management

Build unparalleled experiences with the partner who won the award for Catalyst delivery.

Transform B2B operations with insights from a partner featured on BigCommerce's own B2B podcast.

Scale across global channels with expert integration of the BigCommerce-owned Feedonomics platform.

Leverage the power of BigAI and intelligent tools for personalization and merchandising.

